The Washington Capitals used 36 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 37-43-0 record. Dennis Maruk led the team with 97 points (50 goals, 47 assists) in 80 games. Mike Palmateer played the most games in goal (49).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Green 🇨🇦 D 25 | 65 | 🔥 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 0.48 | 2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 91 | — |
| 2 | Darren Veitch 🇨🇦 D 20 | 59 | 🔥 3 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 0.42 | 1 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 3 | Pat Ribble 🇨🇦 D 26 | 67 | 🧊 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.27 | 3 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 103 | — |
| 4 | Howard Walker 🇨🇦 D 22 | 64 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.20 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
| 5 | Pierre Bouchard 🇨🇦 D 33 | 50 | 🧊 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.20 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 6 | Rick Smith 🇨🇦 D 32 | 40 | 🧊 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.23 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 7 | James McTaggart 🇨🇦 D 21 | 52 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.13 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 185 | — |
| 8 | Yvon Labre 🇨🇦 D 31 | 25 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
| 9 | Greg Theberge 🇨🇦 D 21 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Dwayne Lowdermilk 🇨🇦 D 23 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 11 | Jay Johnston 🇨🇦 D 23 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — |
| 12 | Paul MacKinnon 🇨🇦 D 22 | 14 | 🧊 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| Team totals · 12 skaters | 80 | 29 | 92 | 121 | 1.51 | 10 | 529 | 0 | 0 | 722 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ▲ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Parro 🇨🇦 G 23 | 18 | 6 | 2.72 | 0.000 | 0 | 49 | 44:54 | |
| 2 | Gary Inness 🇨🇦 G 31 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 9 | 59:41 | |
| 3 | Mike Palmateer 🇨🇦 G 27 | 49 | 25 | 3.51 | 0.000 | 0 | 172 | 54:34 | |
| 4 | Rollie Boutin 🇨🇦 G 23 | 2 | 0 | 5.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 11 | 59:56 | |
| 5 | Wayne Stephenson 🇨🇦 G 36 | 20 | 7 | 3.30 | 0.000 | 0 | 66 | 50:27 |
92% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 87% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 33 |
|
+10 | 649 (87%) | Maruk, Gartner, Walter, Kelly +29 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+3 | 71 (10%) | Gustafsson, Edberg |
| United States | 1 |
|
-8 | 24 (3%) | Hangsleben |
Dennis Maruk led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 1980-81 with 97 points — 50 goals and 47 assists in 80 games. Next came Mike Gartner (94) and Ryan Walter (68).
Dennis Maruk scored 50 goals for the Washington Capitals in 1980-81, 16 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 36 players in 1980-81: 31 skaters and 5 goalies. Together the skaters scored 286 goals.
Mike Palmateer played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 1980-81: 49 games, 25 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.51 goals against average. Wayne Stephenson was the backup, in 20 games.
The average age was 25.3 years. Torrie Robertson was the youngest at 19, and Wayne Stephenson the oldest at 36.
The Washington Capitals used 36 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 33 in Canada, 2 in Sweden and 1 in the United States. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 92% on this roster.